Joy in the Midst of the Raging Heathen
Miersma expounds Psalm 2:1-6 to comfort the Reformed church facing worldly opposition by highlighting God's sovereign control and derision of His enemies. The article challenges the popular notion of universal divine love and brotherhood of man, asserting instead that God's providential governance ensures the victory of the faithful elect over their persecutors.
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill in Zion. Psalm 2:1-6 The text...
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